Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:23 pm
H1 karambit, with G10 overlay
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More H1 please.
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Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:34 pm
A H1/FRN Military
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 8:41 am
I can't see a H-1 Temp 1 being any more affordable than the Warrior or even the Temp 2.
The Temp FBs are 4mm thick which was a manufacturing hurdle that had to be overcome with the Warrior (and made them cost more). Going to a full tang with G-10 on the H-1 would require re-design; you'd incur cost to use that much steel and incur costs to maintain the handle design or risk losing that too with slabs. H-1 will also need a hollow grind.
I think a H-1 Temp 1 with yellow molded FRN handle would be cool but it won't cost what an Aqua Salt did; it's gonna be more.
The Temp FBs are 4mm thick which was a manufacturing hurdle that had to be overcome with the Warrior (and made them cost more). Going to a full tang with G-10 on the H-1 would require re-design; you'd incur cost to use that much steel and incur costs to maintain the handle design or risk losing that too with slabs. H-1 will also need a hollow grind.
I think a H-1 Temp 1 with yellow molded FRN handle would be cool but it won't cost what an Aqua Salt did; it's gonna be more.
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:01 am
Sal - would it be possible to use the FRN UKPK as a base model and replace the metal-work with H1 components? Would that keep the costs down a little bit?sal wrote:We've thought about it, but cost becomes a hurdle. the Urban was disco'd because sales were slow which we believe was because of the high cost. An H1 version would cost even more.
sal
I think an H1 slipit would be a niche knife but it would be popular because there isn't anything on the market suitable for work around the coast ... and we have quite a lot of coast here
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:54 am
Interesting thought Chris. Let me think about that?
sal
sal
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:27 am
I would like a UKPK in H1. I live no where near a coast, but I have been wanting an H1 knife in a model that I actually like and would use (other than the LB which I own) and the UKPK fits that perfectly. I love the UKPK and I would take one in PE and one in SE for sure....though I would prefer to not have to deal with yellow handles. I like more muted colours.
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 1:29 pm
My pleasure. I know that knife design is always more complicated than it seems from the user's point of view so I will just leave the experts to dwell on it. But I really like the FRN series and have always thought that they could benefit from (sprint?) "upgrades" in higher-grade or specialist metals :) At least the start-up costs of the FRN molds must have been written off by now.sal wrote:Interesting thought Chris. Let me think about that?
sal